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New train stations project is derailed by winter freeze
Rail passengers are being forced to take replacement buses a month after the official opening of a £300 million route, due to problems completing three stations.
Ferrovial in move to cut its stake in BAA
SPANISH infrastructure group Ferrovial is in talks with investors to offload 10 per cent of UK airport operator BAA in a move to slash €20.5 billion (£17.3bn) of debt.
RMT union blasts TfL after Bombadier and Invensys shortlisted for Tube contract
Two companies who were paid an estimated £110m to walk away from a signalling contract following the collapse of Metronet have been shortlisted for the same work by Transport for London (TfL).
Cost of air travel could rise by a fifth under VAT proposal
VAT could be imposed on all flights under proposals being considered by the European Commission.
Bus and train operator FirstGroup vows to drive up shareholder payouts
DECEMBER’S bad weather cost bus and train operator FirstGroup £7m, it revealed in a trading update today.
Transition Evesham Vale respond to transport plans
A LOCAL focus group has outlined ambitious plans for low carbon transport throughout the Vale in response to the county council’s own review of local transport. Transition Evesham Vale (TEV), which was established two years ago to support local solutions to the global problems of peak oil and climate change, has released a 14-page response to the county council’s BOLD public transport proposals in which it calls for improved bus services for rural communities, not route cuts.
Friday, 14 January 2011
BBC News
- Extra £15m given to fix potholesCouncils are to share an extra £15m from the government to cover the impact of the big freeze on the road network.
- Fresh calls to scrap fuel duty escalatorThe organisation representing petrol stations wants George Osborne to scrap April's planned fuel duty increase.
- Renault seeks 'espionage' probeRenault asks French authorities to investigate the suspected industrial espionage at the carmaker.
The Telegraph
- Petrol price rises rake in £2bn for Treasury PM under pressure to introduce a fuel price stabiliser after it emerged that rising oil prices will earn the Treasury a windfall.
Bradford Telegraph & Argus
- VIDEO: MP in appeal to stop fuel price increases An MP is leading the campaign to introduce a fuel stabiliser amid fears only rich people will be able to drive as petrol creep ever higher.
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